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Overview

Health-centred research has changed hugely over the last ten years, from the importance of computing software to the NHS becoming more involved in research. The expectations of grant-awarding bodies, ethics committees and publishers have evolved and increased in many senses. This new edition is designed for trainee clinicians, not only those preparing for membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG) but also higher degree candidates and aspiring clinical academics. Chapter authors with extensive expertise make the path to embarking on research direct, straightforward and most importantly, fun and interesting, particularly aiming to support those who trained clinically and are now undertaking a research project or beginning an academic career. There remains no single book with so much relevant information gathered in a single, succinct volume. This edition now covers the wide spectrum of modern research methods for all specialities, with five supplementary chapters on major obstetric and gynaecological subspecialties.

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About the Author

P. M. Shaughn O'Brien is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Keele University School of Medicine. He has served on the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and was its Vice-President from 2004-2007. As well as numerous other editorial boards and committee roles he was the founding Editor-in-Chief of RCOG's Continuing Professional Development journal The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, has edited or written seventeen textbooks and was recently Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Editor-in-Chief of the Map of Medicine.

Fiona Broughton Pipkin is an Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham and Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ad eundem. She is a Past-President of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (recipient of The Chesley Award), the European Society of Developmental Physiology and the Neonatal Society, and was a member of the Editorial Board of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology between 2003 and 2012.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Description: This U.K. book discusses how junior researchers may begin their careers in clinical research.Purpose: The goal is to assist junior researchers and clinicians in their understanding of the concepts and processes of developing a clinical research project, along with finding and annotating the relevant medical information and understanding the different types of research and the statistics involved, how to enroll patients and explain the consent process, and how to work with the oversight bodies involved in the research.Audience: As the book outlines the basics, the primary audience is junior researchers, but it also has great utility for anyone simply interested in learning about the research process, such as legislators, policymakers, and potential volunteers.Features: The book is divided into chapters covering specific topics, such as time management, planning and conducting the research, critical appraisal of the medical literature, data management, informing patients, and consent and governance. There is an additional supplement covering obstetrics and fetal and maternal research. Each chapter starts with an introduction and definitions of the terms used in the chapter. There are numerous figures to help understand the concepts and boxes (tables) that are useful checklists. There are many websites listed where one may obtain additional information.Assessment: This is a very useful, basic book about what United Kingdom researchers must be familiar with, whether they are novices or experienced researchers.

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